

It has gained a reputation among players for its high level of difficulty. The series as a whole has sold over 4.5 million units as of Decemand stands as the 13th best-selling Capcom game franchise. The primary spin-offs include the Gargoyle's Quest and Maximo game series.

The main series focuses on the knight Arthur's quest to save princess Prin-Prin from the demon king Astaroth.

The series has subsequently been ported to and released on a variety of personal computers, game consoles and mobile platforms and spawned several sequels and spin-offs. The first entry in the series was Ghosts 'n Goblins, released in arcades on July 7, 1985. " Demon World Village"), is a run-and-gun platform video game series created by Tokuro Fujiwara and developed by Capcom. Ghosts 'n Goblins, known in Japan as Makaimura ( Japanese: 魔界村, lit. Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island (V1.The Ghosts 'n Goblins series logo as seen in Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Europe)ĭonkey Kong Country 2-Diddys Kong Quest1.1 Legend Of Zelda, The - A Link To The Past Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World It continues to be popular among collectors and retro gamers, with new homebrew games and Nintendo's emulated rereleases, such as on the Virtual Console, the Super NES Classic Edition, and Nintendo Switch Online. Overlapping the NES's 61.9 million unit sales, the SNES remained popular well into the 32-bit era, with 49.1 million units sold worldwide by the time it was discontinued in 2003. The SNES was a global success, becoming the best-selling console of the 16-bit era after launching relatively late and facing intense competition from Sega's Genesis console in North America and Europe. The system was designed to accommodate the ongoing development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated in game cartridges to be competitive into the next generation. The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time. The SNES is Nintendo's second programmable home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent the different cartridges from being compatible with one another. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (SFC). The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Australasia (Oceania), and 1993 in South America.
